No connection

Your response to PB's letter on 19 June states that "in an automatic, left-foot braking is the only way to remain in full control of the vehicle at all times". As we manual drivers brake with our right...

Skid marker

I know that skidpan-training courses are two a penny, but they all involve cars with manual gearboxes. Are there any courses / places that offer cars with automatic gearboxes for those who cannot drive...

Brim reaper

I have often thought that the mileage taken for the fuel gauge to noticeably drop below the 'Full mark', after filling the tank, can be quite variable - suggesting that the nozzles on the pumps are not...

Cost to coast

Over the past 30 years or so I have been in the habit of coasting down long hills in neutral with the engine idling. Can coasting do any damage? I find it suits my relaxed style of driving and as I recall...

Bricks and mortified

I'm probably not going to get any sympathy, but being a builder I drive a van. I don't have explain what happens when you traverse four speed humps with a van full of tools and materials. Unpleasant is...

Emborissing dilemma

I base my forthcoming comments to you on past media reports, about the London congestion tax. Kulveer Ranger, the mayor’s spokesman on transport matters, has almost admitted that the scrapping of the congestion...

Feetal position

I actually know an automatic right foot only driver. Although she didn't kill or injure anyone, she managed to create mayhem and damage six other cars in the Co-op Supermarket car park in Penistone, W....

Public-house enemy number one

I know this is not really your department, but being honest is. I get the feeling we are being railroaded into having lower drink drive limits. The constant reference to lower levels in Europe, although...

Kerbing speed

There’s regular and understandable criticism in your column from you and your readers about the damaging effect of speed bumps. Whilst I don’t like them any more than anybody else it would at least be...

Amber nicked-her?

A Warning for drivers and cyclists. An instructor on a 4 hour Speed Awareness Course - offered as an alternative to 3 points on your licence - informed the class that where there is a small camera fitted...